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Below, events in May 2025 appear first, followed by events farther out.

May 1 • Dealmakers Middle Market M&A Conference by Smart Business, at Nashville's Hillwood Country Club. Details. Related VNC story. This event, the sixth such Nashville gathering, was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather.

May 1 • 62nd "State of Metro Address" by Mayor Freddie O'Connell, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. Venue: Nashville Public Library. To be streamed via Metro Nashville Network and Metro Nashville YouTube.

May 1 • Tennessee HIMSS Annual Summit. Cool Springs Marriott. Details. Registration.

May 1 • State of Tennessee AI Advisory Council deadline for report to Governor Bill Lee, et al. The Council is to meet April 3 and its staff said today the report will be available May 1. See previous VNC coverage.

May 1 • Nashville Technology Council said April 23 it will introduce its next CEO during its Spring Fest at NTC offices. Details here. Sandi Hoff has served NTC the past three years as Interim CEO, COO and Executive Director of the NTC Foundation.

May 5-7 • Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union hosts three pitch events in the Chattanooga region. Details here.

May 5-8 • Gaylord Opryland Resort -- Hubbell Utilities Connect Conference (fka Acclara Connect). Details.

May 6 • Greater Nashville Private Capital Association update on Congressional policy-making. Virtual. Speakers.

May 6-9 • McDermott Will & Emery convene McDermott HealthEx, May 6-9, Omni Nashville.

May 7 • Nashville EC SpeakerUp series: Tech Entrepreneurs tell All. Founder unfiltered and-or unplugged: CEO Debbie Garcia (Virsitour); David Castro (IceBrkr); John Anderson, EIR with Nashville EC.

May 12-13 • REUTERS Digital Health USA 2025 in Nashville. More.

May 12-14 • Technology and innovation are especially heavy on the 2nd day of Auto Finance Summit East 2025, particularly at 1:45pm on May 13, when Nashville EC CEO Sam Davidson is emcee for a segment sponsored by the EC's Project Fintech and including demos by nine (9) sharp firms. Venue: JW Marriott.

May 12-16 • OneStream (Nasdaq:OS) Splash and OneStream Technical Program, Music City Center Digital Finance Cloud and Ops reporting, Details.

May 13 • Nashville Health Care Council - "Crucial Conversations: Private Equity ownership in Healthcare". 7a-9a. Venue TBA. Details.

May 13-14 • Veteran Reconnect Conference transition to education, sponsored by TN Higher Ed Commission and Lipscomb University. Details.

May 14 • "AI Startup Pitch Competition" at Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) features elements including an AI startup showcase and an AI Pitch Competition. Event is convened by by NEC, Enterprise Technology Association, The Innovation Group. 3PM-5PM. Related events also on May 15-16.

May 15 • Nashville Entrepreneurship Center Showcase at Geodis Park. 1pm-6:30pm. Details and registration.

May 15 • Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs, Noon, roundtable with Alfred Milan, CEO, Express Wages.

May 16 • Deadline for Spark Cleantech accelerator applications, Knoxville.

May 16 • Small Business & Entrepreneurship Conference, Cookeville. Putnam County Convention Center.

May 19-20 • Insurance Innovators Conference, Music City Center, Nashville.

May 20 • Knoxville Entrepreneurship "Music Business Panel," 6pm ET. Venue TBD.

May 22-23 • Association for Corporation Growth (ACG) Mid-South Capital Convention. Omni Nashville. Agenda.

May 27-29 • Bitcoin 2025 conference is in Las Vegas. It's a property of Puerto Rico- and Nashville-based BTC Media.

May 28-31 • Jenzabar JAM, Gaylord Opryland Resort. VC-backed Jenzabar is acquisitive. It provides software and services for higher education institutions.

May 29-30 • Tennessee Valley Corridor 30th Annual Summit. Oak Ridge.

IMPORTANT FUTURES

June 5-8 • CMA Music Festival, Nashville.

June 10-12 • GS1 Connect: Attendees focus on industry trends and best practices for supply chain visibility and data management. Gaylord Opryland.

June 22-25 • American Society of Health Economists 14th Annual Conference, Grand Hyatt Nashville.

June 23-25 • GS1 Connect event by a leader in supply chain technologies, at Gaylord Opryland.

June 23-26 • Forrester CX SUMMIT for CX, B2C Marketing and business leaders, in person and virtual. Gaylord Opryland.

June 25-27 • Sloss.Tech/Ideas is a platform for early-stage companies in the SE U.S. to present groundbreaking solutions -- in agtech and foodtech; healthtech and biotech; mobility and transportation technology; and emerging tech -- to investors and industry experts. Birmingham, Ala.

July 20-22 • American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, Nashville.

July 31 • Greater Nashville Private Capital Association, "How to Attract Family Office Investment," details.

August 2-7 • JSM - Joint Statistical Meetings of data scientists and statisticians, Music City Center.

August 20 • Demo Day - The Works incubator, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center. Details.

August 14-15 • Nashville Technology Council Innovation Summit. Music City Center. Details.

August 28 • Association for Corporate Growth, "Roaring 20 Awards," venue: Conrad Nashville. Details.

Sept. 9-11 • Launch Tennessee annual 3686 Festival, Nashville.

Sept. 8-10 • Oracle Health Summit - Orlando. Details.

Sept. 9-11 • 3686 Festival by Tennessee Technology Development Corp. aka Launch Tennessee. Festival site.

Sept. 14-17 • Spark Health Group annual Retreat, Marriott W Hotel, Nashville.

Sept. 29-Oct. 3 • Nashville Healthcare Sessions. Nashville Health Care Council.

Oct. 19-22 • HLTH conference in Las Vegas. Details.

Nov. 11 • "How to Talk with Talk with Endowments," Greater Nashville Private Capital Association, details.
Nov. 18 • Life Science Tennessee annual conference. Details TBA.
Nov. 25 • Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Fedex Insitute, University of Memphis, Details.

NOTE: All past Venture Nashville coverage is here. Please send comments and corrections to the author via LinkedIn. VNC

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